Thursday. September, 4, 1941
Heppner Gazette Times, Heppner, Oregon
Page Six
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By PAUL DUNHAM
Washington, D. C, Sept. 4. It is
impossible to forecast with any de
gree of certainty the provisions of
the tax bill which will emerge from
this session of congress and which
will add three and a half billion dol
lars to the nation's tax load. Im
portant amendments will be added
by the senate, but whether they will
be acceptable to the house is any
one's guess. The senate committee
has already adopted a provision for
a lowering of exemptions to married
and single men which would add
about 7,000,000 to the tax-paying
group, but since all members of the
lower house are to be elected next
year it may be doubted whether they
will approve a tax-broadening plan
which might alienate so many votes.
But whatever the final form of the
tax measure, it will be a humdinger
and the smart thing to do now is
to begin saving to meet the tax next
March 15. Next year this bill will
be revised and made to yield a still
larger sum, so the present measure
is only a teaser for what is to come.
House members know more reven
ue must be provided and the bill
was all set to be voted on before
the house committee made its final
report. Members discussing the bill
did so only for the Congressional
Record, for once in the Record they
can have speeches republished at
small cost and then frank them out
to constituents.
Much the same situation exists in
the senate, but the upper chamber
refuses to be stampeded and works
in a more leisurely manner. But
the senate, too, must accept drastic
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You're in for the surprise of your life when
you see and drive the John Deere Model "H"
the sensational new small tractor that handles
two-row equipment and completely replaces
animal power on small and large farms every
where, cutting costs 'way below their former
level, and making farming more profitable.
And when you learn the price, you'll wonder
how John Deere can give you so much in a tractor
that sells for so little.
In addition, the Model "H" not only burns low
cost fuel but it uses only 13 to 12 as much fuel
on the many jobs within its power range, as would
larger tractors handling the same load.
Come in, see it, and get "the surprise of your
life."
BRADEN-BELL TRACTOR
& EQUIPMENT CO.
provisions in order to raise the need
ed $3,500,000,000. This is a large
sum, but already the government
has been given between 30 and 40
billion dollars for defense and for
aid to anyone who is fighting Hitler
and it is expected that many more
billions will be voted before the em
ergency is over. When taxes are
collected next March the American
people will be made to" realize that
if we are not in a shooting war
now we are in the next thing to it.
Whether the aluminum plant to
be built in Oregon with government
finances is finally located at Cascade
Locks or Troutdale it will have a
capacity of 90,000,000 pounds and
will be operated by the Aluminum
Company of America under a five
year lease which provides that 85
percent of the net profits from op
eration shall be returned to the
Defense Plant corporation, a govern
ment subsidiary of OPM; also the
plant is to be designed and con
structed by and without profit to
the Aluminum Company of Amer
ica. Defense Plant corporation will
pay for and own the plant with all
equipment and facilities.
The Cascade Locks site is favored
by Secretary of the Interior Ickes
and also by Paul J. Raver, Bonne
ville administrator, while the Trout
dale site is the selection of OPM.
At the present time consideraton is
also being given Rainier and S1
Helens as possible sites for the plant
because Bonneville already has a
transmission line to Longview and
either Rainier or St. Helens is ade
quately equipped with dock space
and deep channel for shipping.
Rural communities, already drain
ed of much of their available labor,
will face a more aggravated condi
tion next year if the war is pro
longed, and particularly if the Uni
ted States is drawn into active par
ticipation. Charles Taft, of the of
fice of coordinator of health and re
lated defense activities, says that
Seattle will require 92 percent more
workers; Los Angeles 57 percent
more. Mr. Taft did not mention
Portland, where war orders have
not yet absorbed all the mechanics
and other skilled workers, but a
substantial increase will be required
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CCC Camps Switched
To Defense Projects
For direct national defense work,
161 CCC camps have been assigned
or promised to the army and navy,
according to Lyle F. Watts, regional
forester, Portland. The work to
which they are assigned usually is
road or telephone construction, land
clearing at army camps, building,
recreation development, and similar
services.
The North Pacific region has lost
19 forest camps- during the past
three months. They have been as
signed directly to defense or dis
continued to provide full enrollment
for other camps. Enrollment is much
slower than it has been because the
boys are joining the army or getting
jobs in defense industries, Watts
said.
This reduction in the number of
camps will leave many good pro
jects unfinished. They will be miss
ed especially in forest protection.
Since the CCC was organized, in the
North Pacific region alone, it has
among other things contributed
about 75,700,000 man days to fire
fighting and enough other presup
pression work to bring the total tj
more than a million man days. The
CCCs have built about 6,300 miles
of truck trail and a similar mileage
of telephone line, nearly 400 lookout
towers and houses, 1000 miles of
fire breaks, and 3 landing fields for
airplanes. They contributed half a
million man days to the control u
forest insect pests and 115,000 man
days to tree planting. They cruised
a million and a half acres of timber,
and built 150 miles of stock drive
ways. They improved 2500 acres for
public campgrounds, built 1600 fire
places, planted ZV2 million fish, and
spent over 2500 man days looking
for or assisting people who got lost
or otherwise got into trouble, ac
cording to Watts.
in the Rose City when the shipyards
attain their full stride. In all the
shrovards of the country 545,000
workers will be employed by the
end of this year and 12 months
hence it is estimated there will be
not less than 725,000 employed by
them.
Not since the days when they re
ceived their land grants as a bonus
for building westward has there
been such a concerted move by the
railroads entering the Pacific north
west to "sell" the west to the gov
ernment. Every day for weeks the
carriers had chemical experts and
mineralogists on the witness stand
at the national capital explaining
where there are large deposits of
valuable material which should be
developed with government money
for national defense. This testimony
supplements the statements which
have been made by Pacific coast
representatives but is more in detail,
giving exact locations of mineral
deposits, how those minerals can be
treated and how much it would
cost. The railroads admit that they
have been engaged in extensive ex
plorations. However, no mention
was made of the chrome deposits in
southwestern Oregon or the possi
bility of increasing the mercury
yield from that state.
EFENSE
BUY
UNITED
STATES
SAVINGS
BONDS
AND STAMPS
AMERICA ON GUARD!
Above is a reproduction of the
Treasury Department's Defens
Savings Poster, showing an exact
duplication of the original "Minut
Man" statue by famed sculptor
Daniel Chester French. Defense
Bonds and Stamps, on sale at your
bank or post office, are a vital part
of America's defense preparations.
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Pedestrian Protection
Help Drivers See You!
iS85s:
The smart pedestrian today
knows that white reflects light,
therefore he wears or displays
something white when walking at
night, according to the State Traf-
i fic Safety division.
I Over 50 percent of the pedestrian
I fatalities in Oregon involve persons
j wearing dark-colored clothing who !
I were struck at night, according to '
: figures compiled by the Traffic Safe- i
ty division of the secretary of state's
, office. 1
j Studies by safety engineers show
I that persons in dark clothing reflect
1 only about five percent of the light
i which strikes them whereas persons
in light-colored clothing reflect
I nearly all the light. Since drivers
can see only by the amount of light
reflected by the object in the beam
of their headlamps,, it is clear ped
estrians should wear or display
something white at night, it is said.
White raincoats and umbrellas,
wite summer coats, a white scarf
or shawl, a folded newspaper or a
white handkerchief help enable the
motorist to see the pedestrian at
night. A lighted flashlight will serve
if nothing white is carried or worn.
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COWS MAKE HIGH RECORD I
Two registered Holstein cows ow- j
j ned by the O. S. C. dairy depart-,
' ment have just been cited by the
National Holstein-Friesian associa-'
tion for having completed herd test
records of more than 629 pounds
of butterfat per year, or 3Y2 times
the country's dairy cow average. Ia
four years under test Oregon Inka
Bess Mae has made the following
records: 425.9, 556.5, 545.5, and now
648.7 pounds of fat in 365 days. Ore
gon Inka Bess Ida, the other cow,
has annual records of 356.9, 520.6,
631.5, and 629.4.
Professional
irectory
Maternity Home
Mrs. Lillie Aiken
Phone 664 P.O. Box 142
Heppner, Oregon
Phelps Funeral Home
Ambulance Service
Trained Lady Assistant
Phone 1332
Heppner, Ore.
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NEW AUTO POLICY
Bodily Injury & Property Damage
Class A $13.60 Class B $17.00
See us before financing your
next automobile.
F. W. TURNER & CO.
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Heppner City Council
Meets First Monday Each Month
Citizens having matters for dis
cussion, please bring before
the Council
J. O. TURNER, Mayor
GLENN Y. WELLS
ATTORNEY AT LAW
ATwater 4884
, 536 MEAD BUILDING
5th at Washington
PORTLAND. OREGON
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ATTORNEY AT LAW
Phone 173
Hotel Heppner Building
HEPPNER, ORE.
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PHYSICIAN & SURGEON
Trained Nurse Assistant
Office In Masonic Building
Heppner. Oregon
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Abstract Co.
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ATTORNEY AT LAW
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Willow St. Entrance
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ATTORNEY AT LAW
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Farm Sales and Livestock a Speolalty
405 Jones Street, Heppner. Ore.
Phone 452
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